Very well done! I like the blue. I like the choice of DOF here, emphasizing the slight waves in the material. You can imagine the little holes soaking up the liquids (although I may not have known it was a papertowel if not for the title). The layout is great also (choice of position for the lines/patterns). I like this a lot!!! 9 Ruthann
This shot is more interesting than I first gave it credit. After all, a papertowel? O.K. the biggest gripe I have is the depth of field. High angle of attack combined with Macro shots seem to be a problem for digi-cams. I have resorted to attempting to keep my Macro shots as flat as possible. Granted, I lose some in "interest" points, but easily solves the focus the entire frame issue. This could be a good topic for the forums.....6 Swash
I can't believe you tried this! Really good job. I don't minfd the focus dropping off at the back but the soft focus at the front is a bit offputting. DOF only extends half as far in front as it does behind the point of sharp focus (except at really close up). If you'd focused on the first line instead of the seconf it would have been spot on.
the quicker picker upper :) critique... take a look at this image... as you can see, there is a sharply focused segment that extends from left to right just slightly below the center of the frame. The foreground in front of this strip and the background behind this strip are out of focus. This area that is IN focus is within your depth of field. This indicates a low F number (wide aperture) setting on your camera. I don't know what kind of camera was used here, but a larger F number (smaller aperture) in the aperture priority mode (or manual mode) would extend this plane of focus through a larger portion of your image. It also appears that the camera lens may be resting on the surface. If this is the case, raising the camera up a few inches and pointing it down at a slightly lower angle would allow the foreground to be in better focus as well. Your camera has a minimum distance from the lens in which it can focus effectively, regardless of the aperture settings. I also believe that a different orientation of this paper towel would create a better composition... diagonal lines would be more eye catching than the horizontal and vertical lines here... = 5 - jmsetzler
Interesting use of color to make the subject matter more arbitrary. Did you actually change the color on the paper towel, or on the computer? Great macro shot!
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